12 Cowhouse The Mooo-vie

CHAPTER 12 COWHOUSE: THE MOOO-VIE Wow—no time at all seems to have passed since the end of the last chapter and yet it's already tomorrow night right now. Welcome to our movie premiere!

第十二章牛舍：哞——哇——自从上一章结束以来，时间似乎一点也没有过去，然而现在已经是明天晚上了。 欢迎来到我们的电影首映！

EVERYONE is coming. In fact, they should be here already, because the movie is due to start in ten minutes and the only ones here are Terry, Jill, me and you. But where is everybody else? 'Terry, you did send out all the invitations, didn't you?' I say. 'Yes,' says Terry. 'I gave them all to Bill the

大家都来了。事实上，他们应该已经到了，因为电影十分钟后就要开始了，这里只有泰瑞、吉尔、我和你。 但是其他人呢？ “特里，所有的请柬都是你发出的，是吗？”我说。 “是的，”特里说。“我把它们都给了比尔。

Postman to post.' 'And all my animals know about it,' says Jill. 'They've been really looking forward to it!' 'So where are they?' I say. Jill shrugs. 'I don't know,' she says. 'Oh, look, here comes someone now!' says Terry, pointing. We see a group of animals, chattering and chirping, approaching from the edge of the forest.

邮差寄信。“我所有的动物都知道这件事。”吉尔说。 “他们真的很期待！”“那么他们在哪儿呢？”我说。 吉尔耸了耸肩。“我不知道，”她说。 “哦，看，现在有人来了！”特里指着说。 我们看见一群动物，叽叽喳喳地从森林边缘走来。

'Okay,' I say, 'everybody just act cool. There's probably going to be a riot when they recognise us!' 'Yeah,' says Terry. 'Lucky we've got these little velvet ropes to protect us.' But instead of heading towards our tree, the animals walk right past our searchlights, our velvet ropes and red carpet and head deeper into the forest. 'That's weird,' I say. 'Yes,' says Jill. 'They were talking about a movie, too, although they weren't saying "movie" they were saying "mooo-vie".' I gasp. 'What?' says Terry. 'It's those spy cows I was trying to tell you about,'

“好吧，”我说，“大家都冷静点。 当他们认出我们时，可能会有一场骚乱！“是的，”特里说。 幸运的是我们有这些小丝绒绳来保护我们但它们没有朝我们的树走去，而是径直走过我们的探照灯、天鹅绒绳索和红地毯，向森林深处走去。 “真奇怪，”我说。“是的，”吉尔说。 “他们也在谈论一部电影，虽然他们说的不是‘电影’，而是‘哞-vie’。”我感到喘不过气来。 “什么?特里说。“就是我想告诉你的那些间谍牛。”

I say. 'I think they've stolen our movie—and our opening night as well!' 'I already told you, Andy,' says Jill. 'I just don't think cows would do that. They're not interested in movies —unless the movies are about grass, of course.'

我说。“我认为他们偷走了我们的电影，也偷走了我们的首映夜！”“我已经告诉过你了，安迪。”吉尔说。 “我只是觉得牛不会那样做。 他们对电影不感兴趣——当然，除非电影是关于草地的。”

ABOVE: An artist's impression of a poster for the sort of movie Jill thinks cows would be interested in. 'Perhaps you're right, Jill,' I say. 'Maybe ordinary cows are not interested in most movies—but these are no ordinary cows. These are mooo-vie-making spy cows. You believe me, don't you, Terry?'

上图：一位艺术家对吉尔认为奶牛会感兴趣的那种电影海报的印象。 “也许你是对的，吉尔，”我说。 “也许普通的奶牛对大多数电影不感兴趣——但这些不是普通的奶牛。 这些是发出哞声的间谍牛。 你相信我，是不是，特里？”